Model • Collaborate • Accelerate | Translating tomorrow's medical innovations today

 
The Swine in Biomedical Research Conference 2024 (SBR 2024), hosted at the lakeside University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the eighth in the quintessential conference series. Since its inception in 1995, advances from the sequencing of the pig genome to the recent evolution of gene editing technologies have dramatically changed the landscape of porcine models. SBR 2022 welcomed a new era of translational research in pigs, that promises to accelerate the discovery and development of clinically relevant therapies and technologies. SBR 2024 will advance this mission and continue to foster collaborations between clinicians, biomedical researchers and animal scientists, and spark partnerships with the biomedical industry.

The planned sessions will:
  • Identify unmet clinical needs and existing gaps in research.
  • Showcase porcine models and reveal their strengths and limitations.
  • Highlight innovative use of models for tackling clinical problems.
  • Discuss novel tools for advancing biomedical swine research.
  • Explore the need for biomedical swine research facilities, resources and expertise (Special Panel Session).

Conference Topics

  • Genetic Engineering & Embryology
  • Phenotyping Porcine Models:
    Comparative Pathology
  • Porcine Research Tools & Resources
  • Cell-Based Therapies and Regenerative Medicine
  • Obesity, Metabolic Disorders
  • Neurology and Neurosciences
  • Oncology
  • Orthopedics
  • Pain
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Xenotransplantation
  • Immunology / Immunotherapy
  • Rare Diseases
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Surgical Innovation
  • Medical Imaging
  • Drugs and Devices
  • Early Childhood Development
  • Eye Research *new*
  • Aging *new*

 

Conference Chairs


    Dr. Dhanansayan Shanmuganayagam, Ph.D.
    Co-Director | Center for Biomedical Swine Research and Innovation
    Assistant Professor | Dept. of Animal and Dairy Sciences
    Assistant Professor | Dept. of Surgery
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    Dr. Adrienne M. Antonson, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor | Department of Animal Sciences
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois, USA

    Dr. Kyle Schachtschneider, Ph.D.
    Vice President of R&D, Services
    Sus Clinicals Inc.
    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Dr. Lawrence B. Schook, Ph.D.
    Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell
    Professor Emeritus | Dept. of Animal Science and Radiology
    University of Illinois Illinois, USA

 
Interested in Sponsoring?
Please contact the Conference Host at dshanmug@wisc.edu.